Dispensing receptacle



' c. R. JONES v DISPENSING RECEPTACLE Jan. 2, 1940.

Filed Nov. 26, 1957.

tacles of the above kind, and wherein simple and tending through-the associated perforation 9, a'lO vPatentec l J'a .n.2, 1940 a "2,1 85l896 uj UNITED. STATES PATENTI'i -"OFFI- 2,185, Q v "DISP NSING RECEPTACLE' v Charles Robert Jones, Roseville, Gad f- I 2 Application November 26,1937, serial'nafr'zain a 2 Claims. (o1. 65-57l p f r v This invention relates generally to dispensing entirely open-so that moistureand foreign matter receptacles of the shaker typewherein a conmay freely find their ;.Way into the'container or v tainer for the salt or otherfluentcommodity jar with unsanitary-results and clog'gingor lumpi- -to be dispensed is provided with a cap having a ing of thefiuent material in oases wherethe latter 5 top portion providedwith perforations through is of granular or powdered--form.- v v which the fluent commodity is dispensed when .In carrying out-,theE'present'inVenti n, a-series the receptacle is inverted. I I of rods or pins .is' provided, one foreach of the More particularly, the, present invention relates perforations 9, .andeach' rod or ,pin'including a to an improved shaker top fon dispensing receprelatively-short upper endportion .,l2f-lo'osely ex x,

efficient means is providedfor maintaining the relatively longflower endportion I3 adapted to perforations of the cap free of the'fluent material extend well into and. adjacent the'bottom of the which would clog the same. .container'or jar 5, and a laterally extending in- A further object of the present invention is to termediate portionlt connecting the gend'portions provide a shaker top with means of the above 1 2 and tjin ate ll -o set el t n h n P I- 15 kind that also serves to normally close the pertions Hand [3 being straight and parallel. These forations of the top to prevent the entrance of rods or pins H are entirely independent of each moisture and foreign matter into the receptacle, other and are therefore capable of free lateral. and that embodies means for efiectively stirring swinging and rotary movement, in addition to or loosening the contents of the receptacle inhaving their upper end portions '12 freely slid- 0 cident to use of the latter. able through the perforations ll; In sliding 'With the above objects in View, and others through and swinging and turningin the per-v which will become apparent as the nature of the forations 9; the upper end .portions- E2. of these invention is better understood, such invention rods or pins act to prevent the commodity in consists in the novel form, combination and the container 5 from clogging-said perforations 9 2 5 arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully deand maintain the latter freeand'open, such scribed, shown in the accompanying drawing and movement" of thefp'ins orrods ll taking place claimed. automatically in the use of the shaker receptacle In the drawing: when the latter is alternately inverted and re- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a dispensing turned to an upright position. The rotation or 30 receptacle provided with a shaker top embodying turning of rods or pins ll naturally takes place the present invention. due to the offset relation of thelower end por- Figure 2 is a central vertical sectional view tions I3 thereof with respect to the upper portions thereof; and I2 of the same which areen'ga'ged in the per- Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the; forations 9. Thus, the pins or rods ll will also 35 rods or pins forming the means for clearing and act to stir the commodity in or contents of-the normally closing the perforations of the shaker container or jar 5, and this, in the case of a top, and for stirring the contents of the receppowdered or granular material, will prevent tacle, in the construction of Figures 1 and 2. lumping of the latter. The intermediate con- 40 Referring in detail to the drawing, I have necting portions M of the rods or pins H, in v40 shown in Figures 1 and 2 a conventional form of addition to forming stops engageable with the I condiment holder in the nature of a jar 5 pro top portion 8 of the cap I for limiting the outn I vided with an upper reduced and externally ward sliding movement of said rods or pins ll,

threaded neck 6 for reception of a cap 1 which will also engage the lower face of said top portion includes a top portion 8 having a series of per- 8 of the cap 1 and serve-to scrape the same for 1 forations 9, and a threaded flange or skirt portion removing any of the Commodity in the o ta ner Ill removably engaged with the threads of the 5 which might adhere thereto. 7 v neck 6. However, it is to be understood that the The u per end of each rod or pin II is pro-, present invention is applicable to receptacles of vided with an enlarged head 115, preferably of i m the shaker type used for holding and dispensing spherical form as shown, which acts'to limit the any kind of fluent material and employing a cap downward movement of the associated rod or pin which may be other than of the screw type. H and forms a closure for the associated per- In the ordinary use of a dispensing receptacle foration 9. Thus, the heads l5 of the pins or of this type, the containeror jar 5 normally rests rods II will normally prevent entrance of inoisin an upright position with the perforations 9 ture and foreign matter into the container or 55 skilled in the art.

form and arrangement of parts illustrated-and lihood of lumping of the contents of container or jar 5 when the latter is of powdered or granular form. The present receptacle is used in the usual way by inverting the receptacle and shaking the same to efiect discharge of the commodity through the perforations 9. When the receptacle is so inverted, the rods or pins II will gravitate so as to cause the heads l5 of the rods or pins H to move away from theperforations 9 and permit passage of the commodity outwardly through the perforations 9 about the upper end portions 12 of the rods or pins ll. i

From the foregoing description, it is believed that theconstruction and operation, as well as the advantages of the presentinvention, will be readily understood and appreciated by those Minor changes in the exact described may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is:

1. A dispensing receptacle of the shaker type, including a container provided with a cap having a top portionprovided with a plurality of perforations, and a plurality of pins, one of said pins being associated witheach of said perforations, each pin having its upper portion extending loosely through the associated perforation and having its upper outer-end provided with an enlarged head adapted to close the perforation when the pin-falls by gravity, each of said pins including a straight upper end portion longitudinally slidable in the associated perforation of the cap and a relativelylonger straight lower end portion integrally connected in substantially parallel laterally offset relation by a transversely extending intermediate connecting portion, said intermediate portion being engageable with the top of the capto limit the outward movement of the pin when the receptacle is inverted, the lower end portions of the pins extending adjacent the bottom of said container, said pins being freely and independently slidable and rotatable and swingable laterally relative to the cap by normal use of the receptacle and without manual operation of said pins. v2. A dispensing receptacle of the shaker type including a container for the commodity to be dispensed, said container having a top provided with a plurality of perforations, and a plurality of pins, one of said pins being associated with each of-saidperforations, each pin extending loosely through the associated perforation and having its upper outer end provided with an enlarged head adapted to close the perforation when the pin falls by gravity with the receptacle in an upright position, each pin including a rela- 'tively short straight upper end portionand a 

